SUMS Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of sum

as in totals

a complete amount of something the sum of human knowledge on that subject

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as in summaries

a short statement of the main points the district attorney delivered a sum of the evidence against the accused that was simply staggering

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as in heights

the highest part or point he declared that he had reached the sum of joy when his newborn daughter was laid in his arms

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as in roots

the central part or aspect of something under consideration the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sum

as in adds

to combine (numbers) into a single sum can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator

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Recent Examples of sums

Noun

Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Some economists believe the vast sums of money being borrowed by private AI companies could pile additional pressure on government bond yields. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 Shares struggled for much of the year as the Facebook and Instagram parent poured increasingly large sums into AI infrastructure without giving Wall Street enough evidence of how those investments would generate new revenue. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The upper end of that range represents the largest budget Iñárritu has ever been given to play with — and the $8 million domestic and $20 million global sums that Digger kicked up represent the largest shortfall of his career, per Rentrak. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2026 When Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection, the sums owed to some of the world’s biggest luxury brands were staggering. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 Lampooning authority is even common in autocratic societies where governments spend large sums of money suppressing speech. — Christopher Von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026 Cyrus, who becomes an administrator of veterans’ benefits, leaves his sons such large sums that Charles (Mike Faist) concludes that the old man must have raided his agency’s funds. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026 Love quickly gained the trust of dozens of women, allegedly convincing them to give him large sums of money. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

Thousands of Ukrainian deaths over this period because of too few military provisions sums it all up. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 This communal spirit sums the vibe at Daisy Chain Fields, a one-day festival in Irvine, California, celebrating women in the arts. — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026 The solution, as ever, is collaboration and aptly, Balfe sums it up with an 80’s movie reference. — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Calling it the Things Can Only Get Better Tour really sums it up. — Dave Gil De Rubio, Daily News, 14 July 2026 The rent adjustment maximum is based on a formula that sums a 5% base rate with the annual change in the California Consumer Price Index, up to a maximum total of 10%. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 Kakanias sums it up more succinctly. — Ian Phillips, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026 But nothing sums it up better than this – almost half of the group got Percy Jackson tattoos while in Rome, many designed by one of our travelers. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 May 2026 That's what sums it up best, is Change of Plans. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sums

Noun

Localized totals up to 15 inches are possible, particularly within banding across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Model data is showing totals of around an inch to maybe a little more being possible fairly widespread on Sunday.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of totals

Noun

Headway condenses nonfiction and fiction books into 15-minute summaries that make key ideas easier to fit into your schedule.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Brands have little to no data about their products outside of returns, reviews, and high-level quality summaries from the factory.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of summaries

Noun

Michael Stambaugh looks through a clinometer, an eyepiece that uses triangulation to measure tree heights, vertical angles, and slope steepness.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Fit for a king Mai’s arrival in England coincided with a fad for Pacific cultures that had risen to new heights in 1773, when a blockbuster compilation of accounts of Pacific expeditions, which included Cook’s first voyage, was published.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of heights

Verb

In doing so, the report adds new data to a growing pile of information about poverty and economic hardship in the state, showing that even before some of the upcoming federal benefit cuts take effect, a growing number of households are struggling.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
The announcement comes as inflation adds pressure on household budgets and businesses and as midterm elections are weeks away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of adds

Noun

Since then, its totalities grew progressively longer before peaking in 1955 at 7 minutes, 7 seconds.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of totalities

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These are perfect negatives of the original objects, sometimes so detailed that the outlines of wood cells are visible under a microscope.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Lichtenstein rose to prominence for canvases that drew inspiration from bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots that defined commercial printing across comic books, advertisements, and newspapers.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlines

Noun

Both are curled in chairs in an otherwise empty room in an upscale Hyde Park Corner hotel, modestly dressed in jeans, sneakers and casual tops.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Men’s bag searches grew 166 percent and silk scarf searches climbed 369 percent, which Fashionphile tied to shoppers styling scarves as tops and handbags.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026